Evaluating Surveillance Patterns after Chemoradiation-Only Compared with Conventional Management for Older Patients with Rectal Cancer.

Stitzenberg KB. Evaluating Surveillance Patterns after Chemoradiation-Only Compared with Conventional Management for Older Patients with Rectal Cancer. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2019 May;228(228). 782-791.e2. PMID: 30685478 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC6487226 NIHMSID: NIHMS1519560.

Abstract

Upfront chemoradiation with omission of surgery (CR-only) is increasingly being used to treat rectal cancer. When CR-only is used with curative intent, intense surveillance is recommended. We hypothesized that in practice, few patients treated with CR-only receive intensive post-treatment surveillance.